<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Recommend Deletion of Unsafe Installers]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Sometimes applications update themselves but leave old and unsafe versions on the system.<br />
For example <strong>Opera</strong>, that is found 3 times on my VM:</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>1)</strong> C:\Program Files\Opera\54.0.2952.41\opera.exe (Version <strong>54.0.2952.41</strong>)<br />
<strong>2)</strong> C:\Windows\Temp\opera autoupdate\CProgram Files (x86)Opera\6916_14204\opera.exe (Version <strong>54.0.2952.41</strong>)<br />
<strong>3)</strong> C:\Users\olive\AppData\Local\Temp\Opera Installer\opera_installer_20180704204227\opera.exe (Version <strong>35.0.2066.37</strong>)</p>
<p dir="auto">Folder <strong>1)</strong> ist where Opera is installed to<br />
Folders <strong>2)</strong> and <strong>3)</strong> are download folders that should be ignored (number <strong>3)</strong> is totally <strong>out-dated</strong> and <strong>insecure</strong>).</p>
<p dir="auto">So please add the following actions in the list of applications:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Delete File</strong> (users can delete the unsafe installer)</li>
<li><strong>Delete Folder</strong> (users can delete the whole folder of the unsafe installer)</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">For normal users it could be hard to estimate if these files and folders can safely be deleted.<br />
So <strong>VulnDetect should suggest to remove these old installers</strong>.<br />
Here a information should be shown that this is just an old installer and will not uninstall the product itself.</p>
<p dir="auto">If users select "Yes" then VulnDetect deletes the old installers.<br />
Here VulnDetect knows if only the installer file or the whole folder should be deleted.</p>
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